WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OCTOBER 1976[SANITIZED] - 1976/10/12

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
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• Document Page Count: 85
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: October 12, 1976

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Weekly Situation Report
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Articles:
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Argentine Government Control of Right-Wing
Activity (Page 8)
Notes:
Grenade Launchers Aimed at Buenos Aires Hotel
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American Student Deported from Argentina (Page 9)
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TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
I. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
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Argentine Government Control of Right-Wing Activity
It appears that there are no right-wing terrorist
groups of importance presently operating in Argentina which
do not fall within the official command structure of the
army, navy, air force, police, or the State Intelligence
Secretariat (SIDE). (See the 7 September issue on the
disbanding of an unofficial counterterrorist group.) These
elements, therefore, can be considered as part of the govern-
ment's countersubversive effort and their actions as being
in accord with the general guidelines formulated with respect
to the countersubversive campaign. In the course of inter-
preting these guidelines and implementing specific opera-
tions, excessive acts have obviously occurred. For the most
part, however, it would seem that while President Videla and
other senior military officials are trying to control unauth-
orized acts, they nonetheless view Argentina to be at war
with internationally supported leftist subversive elements
and consider that in a wartime situation excesses, while
unfortunate, are inevitable.
The explicit targets in the countersubversive campaign
are elements of the extreme left--that is, individuals who
are members of or involved with the People's Revolutionary
Army (ERP) and the Montoneros. Members of the Communist
Party of Argentina (PCA), a legal party, are not of interest
as such, There have
also been acts against certain quarters believed to be
giving shelter, sympathy or support to subversives. In this
regard, "third world" priests are suspect, as are liberal
educators and professionals, and in some instances Jews.
no official records are kept on
persons who are picked up by the Federal Police in connection
with the countersubversive campaign. In the view
President Jorge Videla and other
senior military officers are looking the other way with
regard to excesses, as these officers do not want to inter-
fere with the effectiveness of the countersubversive effort
at this time.
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Grenade Launchers Aimed at Buenos Aires Hotel
On the morning of 4 October, Argentine police discovered
six hidden grenade launchers across the street from the
Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires. They were in a park, on top
of a utility company tool box and covered with burlap. The
police called a bomb squad which deactivated the grenades
only a few minutes before they were timed to be launched at
the hotel. They were to be launched simultaneously by a
clock and battery device which would ignite a potassium
chlorate fuse which would then ignite a black powder charge
beneath each grenade. The charge also was to ignite a
slower-burning fuse connected to each grenade which would
cause the grenade to explode. The grenades were angled to
travel about 70 meters and were capable of penetrating a
window but not a concrete wall.
One Argentine official speculated that the grenades
were set to be launched around the time American actress
Rita Hayworth was to leave the hotel. Because of the press
coverage of Miss Hayworth's activities, the planned grenade
attack could have become a publicity coup for the terrorists.
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American Student Deported from Argentina
Patricia Ann Erb, the 19-year-old daughter of a U.S.
Mennonite missionary who was abducted and jailed in Buenos
Aires, was deported to the United States on 6 October.
She was taken from prison to the international airport
under police escort and placed aboard a commercial flight to
Miami.
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Place:
Argentina,
Buenos Aires
Foreign Businesses in Buenos
Aires Bombe-a7
Argentine terrorists bombed
several foreign businesses
during the night of 7-8 Octo-
ber in commemoration of the
capture and death of Argen-
tine-born Cuban guerrilla
leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
Primary targets were the show-
rooms of foreign-controlled
automobile companies including
the Ford Motor Company. A
branch of the Bank of Boston
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Renault Executive Killed in
Argentina
The Argentinian manager of
the French-owned Renault
plant in Cordoba was killed
by gunmen on 10 October. The
gunmen approached the manager,
Domingo Lozano, after he left
church services, shot him and
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Target: FORD EXECUTIVES
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* Executives of the Fiat and
IKA-Renault companies in
Cordoba and their families
have received phone calls and
letters from the Montoneros
threatening their lives unless
employee: conditions at their
plants are improved. Seven
senior Ford Motor Company ex-
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ceived threatening letters
from the Montoneros in early
September. (See Tab A and
the 7 and 28 September issues.)
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Director of the Office for Combatting
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Mr. Dwayne S. Anderson
Deputy Director for International
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International Security Affairs
Department of Defense
Mr. James F. Bane
Assistant Chief, International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Daniel J. Mozeleski
National Security Council Staff
Mr. Herbert H. Kaiser, Jr.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Consumer Affairs
Department of Transportation
Mr. James Robinson
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Associate Director of the Domestic Council
Mr. Herbert K. Reis
Legal Advisor
United States Mission to the United Nations
Mr. J. Robert McBrien
Special Assistant for Special Legislation
and Projects
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Mr. Dwayne S. Anderson
Deputy Director for International
Negotiations and Arms Control
International Security Affairs
Department of Defense
Mr. James F. Bane �
Assistant Chief, International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Daniel J. Mozeleski
National Security Council Staff
Mr. Herbert H. Kaiser, Jr.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Consumer Affairs
Department of Transportation
Mr. James Robinson
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Associate Director of the Domestic Council
Mr. Herbert K. Reis
Legal Advisor
United States Mission to the United Nations
Mr. J. Robert McBrien
Special Assistant for Special Legislation
and Projects
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Montoneros To Avoid Attacking Foreign Diplomats in Argentina
During a meeting in September Montonero leaders said
they considered that the human rights issue, particularly
within the United. States, was working to their benefit.
Consequently, in the interest of maintaining this advantage,
the Montonero leaders decided that for the present they
would not direct terrorist actions against foreign diplo-
matic missions or their personnel in Argentina, as such
actions would tend to weaken the Montoneros position in the
human rights context. The Montoneros will, however, continue
to kill and kidnap foreign and Argentine business executives,
as well as members of the Argentine security services. The
Montonero leaders explained that the human rights issue is
generating sympathy and support not only for their or ani-
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Director of the Office for Combatting
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Department of State
Mr. Dwayne S. Anderson
Deputy Director for International
Negotiations and Arms Control
International Security Affairs
Department of Defense
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Mr. James F. Bane
Assistant Chief, International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Daniel J. Mozeleski
National Security Council Staff
Mr. Herbert H. Kaiser, Jr.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Consumer Affairs
Department of Transportation
Mr. James Robinson
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Associate Director of the Domestic Council
Mr. Herbert K. Reis
Legal Advisor
United States Mission to the United Nations
Mr. William B. Butler
Director, Office of Law Enforcement
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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